KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 A group of poultry industry cartels has planned to close poultry farms on Saturday and Sunday to protest against the government’s delay in subsidy payment. Malay daily Utusan Malaysia, quoting sources, said that a circular was issued yesterday by a livestock farm company.
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Farmers and wildlife watchers are on guard after some poultry flocks and wild birds including a Canada goose in Ottawa and a redhead duck in Kingston, Ont. recently tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu.
"Farmers, we're anxious. We're stressed right out. This is something new.. We've never dealt with anything like this before," Lori Ansems, vice-president of the Turkey Farmers of Nova Scotia, told CBC's Mainstreet Halifax in an interview on Wednesday.
Poultry farmers in western Nova Scotia are on high alert and taking precautions to ensure the safety of their birds, following the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza in one commercial flock.